Yan’s Reviews > Red Rising > Status Update

Well, I didn’t expect Darrow to be turned into a Gold. And I didn’t expect a Gold to be so physically powerful do to body mods and such. Now I get what “Red Rising” means; a Red being at the bottom of the caste system, has risen to become the top of the caste, a Gold. I mean, he still has to pass the Institute before he can take a powerful place in society, hence the “rising”.

Come to think of it, this whole concept of unground digging and there being a vast surface world reminds me of the anime series Gurren Lagann a bit.

Story is a bit predictable. I did not expect them to fake Darro’s death though. I liked that AND that they sped the hanging process a whole lot after he buried Eo.

Well, it is happening, the catalyst that will make the main character lose their shit. Eo showed him the surface and that the atmosphere is already up and running and that all the Reds are lied to and are enslaved. Eo is going to die.

Very sad times, but I’m glad that it is not dragging out and things are speeding up after the Laurel got unfairly rewarded to Gamma.

They freaking use A LOT of made-up terminology and introduce a lot of tech on how things work underground Mars.

Things are already setting up to hurt his wife, Eo.

Also, I already know that the whole idea of the Reds mining Hydrogen 3 to hell establish live able atmosphere on Mars is just propaganda. They already hav done that and the Reds are just being fooled into providing raw materials for the people abov

So the main character is a Helldiver, basically the person in the front who makes the initial route for the other crew to follow and mine around the walls of. He’s 16-years-old, married, barely surviving. They got to do what they can to get by. There are also mining clans apparently that compete with one another, for the Laurel. The Gamma clan keeps winning it and thus getting a lot of food and such.